Pharmacology

Indication

Investigated for use/treatment in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders.

Structured Indications

Not Available

Pharmacodynamics

Extensive preclinical testing of BL-1020 has shown it to have a positive safety and pharmacokinetic profile. BL-1020 reduces dopamine activity while avoiding the side affects associated with unmitigated dopamine blockade. In animal models of schizophrenia, BL-1020 reduces behaviors characteristic of psychosis and causes minimal or no impairment of movement, the most severe side effect of classic antipsychotic drugs. Biochemical testing confirms that BL-1020 works via the mechanism previously established for classic antipsychotics. BL-1020 is structurally and mechanistically distinct from the atypical antipsychotics and is not anticipated to trigger diabetes or elevated cholesterol. Preliminary studies do not reveal toxicity.